IWSG Day

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Today’s the day for another group posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group!Time to release
our fears to the world – or offer encouragement to those who are feeling
neurotic. Hop to this page,
if you’d like to sign up and join. We post the first Wednesday of every month. Try
to visit at least a dozen new blogs and leave a comment. Your words might be
the encouragement someone needs.

The submission period has closed for this year's anthology contest
and now it’s time to make the selections for the judges, which is always
challenging. Kudos to those who entered!

Are
you on Instagram? We run a different prompt for each day of the
month. Participants are welcome to comment or post on their own feed. If
you’re posting, use the #theiwsg hashtag and also tag @theiwsg. You can use
images, words, or a combination to answer each prompt. Each prompt is explained
in more detail on the day it is posted.

This month's optional question is: How has your creativity
in life evolved since you

began writing?

My process now is a far cry from what it used to be. In the
past, I did an outline (sometimes very detailed) but nowadays, I don’t always
have that luxury. So, while I’m going through my day, the story will percolate
in my head until it’s time to sit and write. Other aspects have changed too,
but I find one of the biggest challenges is getting back to the point where I write
each day, no matter what’s happening.

So are you doing the Instagram Challenge or Nano? Has your process changed over the years?

My stories have to percolate in my mind, too. My plotting is getting better. Not detailed, more general, but I know where I'm going. I learned the hard way to always make a "bible" as I'm writing a story. Sometimes, the book will be part of a series and I desperately need to have all those details. Even during a standalone novel, I need to have the details in a list to keep myself straight. Happy Writing.